Improvement in machines for turning boot-legs



UNITED STATES fPATENT OFFICE. v

DAVID BISSELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR TURNING BOOT-LEGS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,818, dated December 3, 1861.

To @ZZ ywhom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, DAVID BIssELL, of the city of Detroit, in the-county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Machine for Turning the Legs of Boots; and I'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in which Figure l is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3, an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a cylinder. Fig. 5 is an iron thimble, end elevation. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the pinion. Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 9 isan end elevation of the countercatcher. Fig. l0 is a side elevation of the saine. y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in a novel manner of turning the legs of boots after being closed or stitched up to their right-side cut.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand myinventionfully, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A is one of the sides of the machine-frame.

B C are the racks which play in the ma- I chine-frame A, being moved by the pinion D the boot-leg and crowds toward the end of the cylinder.

H is a cylinder, of which there are three sizes, intended for boot-legs of dierent sizes,

which can be changed in a moments time by simply drawing bolt O. I

O is a bolt which fastens the cylinder H to the machine.

I I are Vs, of which there are eight, in which the racks B and C run.

K is a dovetailed groove in which the catcher F can be shifted by drawing bolt P.

P is a bolt, which fastens the catcher F in the groove K, by drawing which bolt P the catcher F can be moved backward or forward to accommodate boot-legs of different lengths.

J is an iron thimble to which the cylinder is riveted.

N N are projections upon which the cylin-v der` fastens by bolt O. l

L L are india-rubber bumpers attached to the top of the frame to prevent jar of rack C.

IWI M are cross-bars by which the machine is screwed to the counter or table upon which it is to be used.

In operating the machine the boot-leg is placed upon cylinder H with the counter toward the catcher F, which catches into it, while the hooks G G are inserted in the straps of the boot-leg. Then by turning the crank E the rack B is drawn inward, while rack C is forced in theopposite direction, drawing the boot-leg inside the cylinder and turning it right side out up to the counter, which is then turned with` the hand. The boot-leg is then drawn out of the cylinder and uuhooked from hooks G G, when the machine is again ready for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The racks B and C, cylinder H, hooks G G, ring J, and catcher F,when arranged and coinbined with the frame A and pinion D and constructed to operate as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

DAVID BISSELL.

Witnesses:

W. E. OHEEVER, H. M. CHEEVER. 

